An off-List topic does deserve a quick observation. I have travelled through the Southwest annually since my first trip there in 1964 landed me on the Havasupai Indian reservation for three days. Feeling both great compassion and respect for the American Indian/Native American, I became a charter member of the (Smithsonian) National Museum of the American Indian and also am a member of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (founded and run by American Indians) and the Museum of New Mexico, which includes the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, in which Native Americans have an integral part. No one there is confused by or ambivalent about the usage of the word Indian. As a matter of fact, "American Indian" is a word used with pride and with a sense of identity. Given what we now know of Native Americans' initial migrations in waves from Asia over the Bering Strait tens of thousands of years ago, Columbus may have been more correct than incorrect in calling these people "Indians". Their Asian roots are readily apparent in the facial features of many individuals. Now back to the railroad tracks. Joe Braun The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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